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NVIDIA Highly Recommends GPU Driver Update Due to Vulnerabilities

NVIDIA has warned Windows users to update their GPU drivers as soon as possible as the latest versions fix five serious security vulnerabilities. At least five vulnerabilities were discovered in drivers for NVIDIA GeForce, NVS, Quadro and Tesla accelerators under Windows, three of which are high-risk and, if the update is not installed, […]

FFmpeg 4.2 multimedia package release

After nine months of development, the FFmpeg 4.2 multimedia package is available, which includes a set of applications and a collection of libraries for operations on various multimedia formats (recording, converting and decoding audio and video formats). The package is distributed under LGPL and GPL licenses, FFmpeg development is carried out adjacent to the MPlayer project. Among the changes added in FFmpeg 4.2, we can highlight: Added the ability to use Clang to compile […]

New Fire Emblem leads UK retail sales for second week

Fire Emblem: Three Houses ranks first among physical game sales in UK retail for the second week after its release. This is an amazing result for a Japanese role-playing strategy. As a rule, games in this style and genre quickly fall out of the rankings after an initial surge of consumer interest. The Nintendo Switch exclusive saw a 60% drop in sales in its second week, […]

In the EU, they took up arms against the Like button on Facebook

Last week, on July 30, the EU's High Court ruled that companies that integrate Facebook's Like button on their websites must seek users' consent to transfer their personal data to the United States. This follows from EU legislation. It is noted that at the moment, data transfer occurs without additional confirmation of the decision by the user and even without […]

Tekken 3 season 7 trailer is dedicated to fighters Zafina, Leroy Smith and other innovations

For the grand finale of the EVO 2019 event, Tekken 7 director Katsuhiro Harada presented a trailer announcing the third season for the game. The video showed that Zafina will return in Tekken 7. Endowed with superpowers and guarding the royal crypt since childhood, Zafina made her debut in Tekken 6. This fighter is proficient in the Indian martial art of kalaripayattu. After the attack on the crypt […]

FSB received powers for division of domains

More and more Russian government agencies are gaining access to pre-trial blocking of websites. In addition to Kaspersky Lab, Group-IB, Roskomnadzor and the Central Bank, the FSB now also has the rights to do this. It is noted that the separation procedure is not enshrined in Russian legislation, but it can significantly speed up blocking. The National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents (NKTsKI) of the FSB was included in the list of competent organizations of the Coordination […]

A fan of Duke Nukem 3D released a remake of the first episode on the Serious Sam 3 engine

Steam user with the nickname Syndroid has released a remake of the first episode of Duke Nukem 3D based on Serious Sam 3. The developer published the relevant information on the Steam blog. β€œThe main idea behind the remake of the first episode of Duke Nukem 3D is to recreate the experience from the classic game. There are some expanded elements added here, such as redesigned levels, random enemy waves, and more. Also […]

Video: The first 14 minutes of Borderlands 3 gameplay

Not long ago, Gearbox Software announced that the expected co-op shooter Borderlands 3 was going to press. On the occasion of the imminent launch, a recording of the first minutes of the upcoming project, built around joint shootings and collecting various weapons and other items, was published. The shooter begins in the same way as Borderlands or Borderlands 2 - the Zhelezyaka robot introduces the player to the […]

Apple shows no interest in releasing smartphones for 5G networks

Yesterday's quarterly report from Apple showed that the company not only received less than half of its total revenue from smartphone sales for the first time in seven years, but also reduced this part of its revenue by 12% year-on-year. Such dynamics have been observed for more than the first quarter in a row, so the company even stopped indicating in its statistics the number of smartphones sold during the period, everything is now […]

The new Chrome has a mode that will "darken" any site

β€œDark mode” in applications is no longer surprising. This feature is available in all current operating systems, browsers, and many mobile and desktop applications. But many websites still do not support this feature. But it seems that this is not necessary. Developers from Google have added a flag to the Canary browser version that activates the corresponding design on different […]

Samsung Galaxy A90 5G Passes Wi-Fi Alliance Certification and Is Coming Soon

At the beginning of July, reports appeared on the Internet that Samsung was planning to release a Galaxy A series smartphone with support for fifth generation (5G) communications networks. Such a device could be the Galaxy A90 5G smartphone, which was spotted today on the Wi-Fi Alliance website with model number SM-A908. It is expected that this device will receive high-performance hardware. Besides […]

Wasteland 3 Alpha Testing Begins August 21st

Studio InXile Entertainment has announced details of the launch of alpha testing of the post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland 3. According to the company's blog on the Fig crowdfunding platform, the alpha version will be released on August 21, 2019. Access will be given to all participants who donated at least $75 for the creation of the game (First Access category). They will be able to play through Steam. The developers specifically emphasized that this is the first build of the game, so you can find various […]